Woman Drives Stolen Government Car From Arizona To California: PD

AMERICAN CANYON, CA — A woman was arrested Thursday and booked into Napa County jail after American Canyon police officers discovered she was driving a stolen government car.

Around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, officers spotted a white Ford Taurus sedan with an Arizona license plate in the 800 block of Reliant Way. Officers requested the car's license plate information and learned the plate belonged to a Dodge Ram truck, police said.

Officers did a traffic stop and detained the woman on suspicion of driving a stolen car.

After running the vehicle identification number for the Taurus, details showed it was a government-owned vehicle reported stolen last week out of Navajo County, Arizona.

The woman was taken to Napa County jail and once there, she was fingerprinted.

Authorities soon learned she also provided a false name to officers during her initial contact and had used approximately 50 alias names and multiple social security numbers in the past, American Canyon police said.

The woman was ultimately identified from her fingerprints as 68-year-old Angela Juda from Daytona Beach, Florida.

Juda was booked into Napa County jail on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen property, and providing false identification to police officers.

A search Friday of local jail records showed Juda was released from custody Thursday afternoon.